Romelu Lukaku's loan contract is about to end by the end of this month. Inter don't seem like they are very interested in extending this contract or signing him permanently. Because Lukaku is far away from his old look now. He is playing really inconsistently and you know how he played a serious role in Inter's not being able to resist Manchester City more by playing extra time.
Therefore his recent performance isn't convincing enough for Inter to fight for him. They were really keen on signing him on a loan deal before because they were hoping to see the same effort from him. As you know they were a great duo with Martinez. But now there is nothing left of it.
Apart from Romelu Lukaku's unsatisfactory performance, overall the Inter Milan team is now very good, it's just that last season they were inconsistent at the start of the season.
For next season I think it is very appropriate if Inter Milan is a strong candidate to win the Scudetto.
Reaching the final of the UCL despite losing to Man City, their performance was quite good, Inter Milan is now very strong on all fronts.
So I think for next season they will only add a few new players to maintain the existing game and consistency.
Indeed Inter were just like that at the beginning. Because they had serious issues with their defending. Otherwise they were great at scoring so many goals in general. But after the returnal of the World Cup we started to watch a quite different Inter. Maybe it was too late for rejoining the title race with Napoli but this was still a significant progress.
By the way Inter are already shown as the biggest title contender by bookmakers. Even though Napoli won the title by a huge point difference and Inter didn't even finish right behind, Inter are still favoured the most to be the next champions. It is still early of course and the predictions can change quite often during the season.
Inter should focus on keeping the same ambition in themselves for next season. Keeping their squad quality at this level at least is also going to be important.